It was inevitable that Luka Doncic would eventually face questions about the firing of the guy who shipped him out of Dallas, and it happened on Wednesday.
Doncic and the Lakers played their first game since his former team, the Dallas Mavericks, fired general manager Nico Harrison, the man responsible for the controversial trade of Doncic to LA.
It’s not the least bit of a secret that Harrison and Doncic aren’t on the best of terms since the trade, but Doncic seemed to take the high road (or sidestepped it altogether, perhaps) when asked about Harrison postgame.
See Doncic’s full comments below, including his response to being asked if he could ever see himself returning to Dallas, now that Harrison is out of the picture.
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Question: “Luka, Nico Harrison was fired by the Mavericks yesterday, I know you’ve spoken about closure regarding the trade, I just wanted to get your reaction, what your thoughts were on seeing he was fired.”
Doncic: “Look, I mean, the City of Dallas, the fans, the players, all of them have a special place in my heart. I thought I was gonna stay there forever, but I didn’t.
“So they’ll always be a special place for me, always can call it home. But right now I’m just focused on the Lakers, trying to move on. But obviously there’s always going to be a part of me there.”
Question: “I don’t want to get you in trouble with Lakers nation but with Nico now gone, you obviously have a lot of fans back in Dallas, is there a world in which you could ever see yourself playing for that franchise ever again, perhaps one day down the road?”
Doncic: “Right now I’m just focused on the Lakers, man. No further comments.”
Watch Doncic’s full answer below.
“Right now I’m just focused on the Lakers. No further comments.” – Luka Doncic when asked if he could ever see himself playing for Dallas again, now that Nico Harrison was dismissed. pic.twitter.com/rJr4xoslGb
— Dave McMenamin (@mcten) November 13, 2025
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